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082	0	0	_aFic F775 1979
100	1		_aForsyth, Frederick.
245	1	4	_aThe devil's alternative / _cFrederick Forsyth.
260			_aNew York : _bThe Viking Press, _cc1979.
300			_a432 p.
520			_aAs the Russian people face starvation, the Politburo is faced with a hard choice: negotiate with America for food, go to war for national survival, or deal with an uprising in the motherland. Through an informant, British Agent Adam Munro learns that the situation is growing dangerously tense, with powerful forces in the USSR maneuvering for supremacy. But even as East and West conduct delicate talks, events spiral out of control and threaten to undo every step taken. The world's largest oil tanker is hijacked by terrorists, and a Ukrainian "freedom fighter" is rescued in a bloody catastrophe on the Black Sea. From Moscow to Washington, the stakes grow ever more perilous as the mad actions of a few threaten to engulf the entire world in nuclear war--unless Munro can stop them.
526			_aFICTION
650			_aSoviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Fiction.
650			_aSpy stories.
650			_aAdventure stories.
650			_aPolitical fiction.
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